Methods and compositions of astrovirus replicons

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides recombinant replicons and methods of their use for expression of a secreted protein of interest so as to induce an enhanced immune response.

The present invention relates to recombinant replicons for elicitingimproved immune response and methods for using the same.

BACKGROUND

A fundamental aspect of the use of vaccines to confer immunity is thedelivery of an immunogenic agent to a subject so as to elicit a responsefrom the subject's immune system. In particular, effective stimulationof the subject's adaptive immune system is important in developinglong-term immunity to a particular pathogen. One approach forimmunization against viral pathogens involves introducing independentlyreplicable viral genetic material, i.e. a replicon, into host cells,leading to expression and secretion of antigenic proteins that stimulatethe immune system.

Current replicon technology was originally conceptualized and developedbased on the ability to package RNA replicons into virus-derivednucleocapsids with or without envelope glycoproteins, termed viralreplicon particles (VRPs). This approach was necessarily restricted tolarger viruses with adequate packaging capability that would allow forincorporation of large foreign genomic information. To satisfy thisrequirement, two commonly used VRPs are derived from alphaviruses orflaviviruses, which possess relatively large genomes (>11 kilobases) andparticle diameter (>60 nm).

The advent of non-viral delivery of RNA utilizing various formulationsthat can protect against RNA degradation, has made it possible toutilize positive strand RNA viruses, which contain infectious RNAgenomes, in developing naked-RNA replicons. Eliminating the need topackage replicons within viral particles also eliminates the requirementto use replicons derived from larger viruses. However, this technologyhas remained focused on the use of alphavirus and flavivirus replicons,most likely due to their extensive historical use. Furthermore,alphavirus-based naked RNA replicons have proven to be efficacious asvaccine platforms due to their robust antigen expression kinetics, owingto their use of a subgenome encoding the heterologous gene of interest,as well as a robust induction of, and resistance to, the IFN-mediatedantiviral state of the host. However, as decreasing the effective doseof replicon material is desirable in order to best avoid potentialtoxicity issues, genome size remains a consideration. Additionally,nucleic acid manipulation using recombinant DNA techniques is greatlysimplified when working with smaller constructs, resulting in greatergenetic tractability and more rapid development of vaccine candidates.Therefore, developing replicons with smaller genomes that exhibit thesame or similar beneficial characteristics as existing platforms remainsa desirable goal.

The present disclosure overcomes the shortcomings in the art byproviding recombinant astrovirus replicons that fit this desired profileand are effective in inducing increased immune responses.

SUMMARY

In accordance with the description, embodiments include a recombinantreplicon nucleic acid comprising: a first open reading frame comprisinga.) a subgenomic nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of interestthat can be secreted by a cell; b.) a second open reading framecomprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a first astrovirusnonstructural protein (nsP1a) and including a hypervariable region; andc.) a third open reading frame comprising a nucleic acid sequenceencoding a second astrovirus nonstructural protein (nsP1b) and includinga subgenomic promoter that is situated so as to initiate transcriptionof the subgenomic nucleic acid sequence. In some embodiments, therecombinant replicon nucleic acid has the structure: c.→b.→a. In someembodiments, the recombinant replicon nucleic acid has a7-methylguanylate cap at its 5′ end.

In some embodiments, the first open reading frame further comprises asubset of a nucleic acid sequence encoding an astrovirus structuralprotein (VP90). In particular embodiments, the subset consists ofbetween 5 and 50 nucleotides. In other particular embodiments, thesubset consists of 30 nucleotides.

In some embodiments, the recombinant replicon nucleic acid furthercomprises an astrovirus conserved sequence element beginning within thefirst open reading frame and extending beyond the 3′ end of the firstopen reading frame.

In some embodiments, the hypervariable region has an astrovirus genotypethat is different from an astrovirus genotype of the recombinantreplicon nucleic acid. In some of these embodiments, the astrovirusgenotype of the recombinant replicon nucleic acid is HAstV VII and theastrovirus genotype of the hypervariable region is HAstV IV.

In some embodiments, the third open reading frame includes atranslational upstream ribosome binding site.

In some embodiments, the first open reading frame further comprises anucleic acid sequence encoding a peptide with ribosomal skippingproperties. In particular embodiments, the peptide is a 2A peptide fromThosea asigna virus capsid protein (T2A).

Other embodiments include a nanoparticle comprising any of the aboverecombinant replicon nucleic acids. In some of these embodiments, thenanoparticle consists essentially of a nanostructured lipid carriercontaining the recombinant replicon nucleic acid. Other embodimentsinclude a formulation comprising a plurality of the nanoparticles in apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In some embodiments, a method of treating a subject to confer animmunity on the subject comprises administering the above formulation tothe subject and thereby eliciting an immune response in the subject. Insome of these embodiments, the immune response includes CD4+ T cellactivation.

In some embodiments, a composition comprises any of the aboverecombinant replicon nucleic acids in a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier.

In some embodiments an isolated cell comprises any of the aboverecombinant replicon nucleic acids. In other embodiments, a method ofdelivering a therapeutic amount of a protein of interest to a subjectcomprises administering an effective amount of the isolated cell to asubject, wherein the protein of interest is a therapeutic protein andthe cells secrete and thereby deliver a therapeutic amount of theprotein of interest to the subject.

In some embodiments, a method of secreting a protein of interest from acell comprises introducing any of the above recombinant replicon nucleicacids into the cell under conditions whereby the protein of interest issecreted, and where the cell is in a cell culture thereby secreting theprotein from the cell. Some embodiments further comprise the step ofharvesting the protein of interest from the cell culture. Anotherembodiment includes a composition comprising the protein of interestproduced from this method. In still other embodiments, a method ofdelivering a therapeutic protein of interest to a subject comprisesadministering the composition to the subject.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1A-C show the organization of a human astrovirus genome and thesignificance thereof for expressing a protein of interest. FIG. 1A showsa schematic of the genomic organization of Human Astrovirus (HAstV)including three open reading frames (ORFs), ORF 1a, ORF 1b, and ORF 2,and also shows the location of highly conserved sequence elementsflanking ORF 2 that are proposed to play a role in subgenometranscription and translation. FIG. 1B shows a table depicting fourreplicons of HAstV encoding NanoLuc® luciferase (nLUC) and eachpossessing one of four combinations of modifications to flankingsequences derived from HAstV ORF 2 and a 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR)adjacent to ORF 2. FIG. 1C shows the expression of nLUC from thereplicons described in FIG. 1B in 293T cells transfected with 100 ngreplicon and harvested 24 hours later along with alphavirus repliconsencoding nLUC or Zika virus (ZIKV) antigens as positive and negativecontrols, respectively.

FIGS. 2A-G show a comparison between nanostructured lipid-formulatedreplicons in the ability to induce immune responses in C57Bl/6 miceinjected intramuscularly. FIG. 2A shows a schematic of analphavirus-derived replicon featuring a subgenome encoding a gene ofinterest (GOI). FIG. 2B shows the results of a plaque reductionneutralization test for the alphavirus replicon with a ZIKV gene, atfour dosages of NLC-formulated replicon as well as naked replicon andmock injection controls. FIG. 2C shows percentages of two differentantigen-specific CD8 T-cells induced by the alphavirus replicon. FIG. 2Dshows levels of two different antigen-specific CD4 T-cells induced bythe alphavirus replicon. FIG. 2E shows a schematic of one of theastrovirus replicons from FIG. 1B (5′-HAstV-3′) with its subgenomeencoding a GOI.

FIG. 2F shows combined percentages of antigen-specific CD4 T-cellsinduced by alphavirus and astrovirus replicons encoding two GOIs: ZIKVNS3 antigen and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen ID-93. Also shown areresults from ID-93 protein alone and with GLA-SE adjuvant. FIG. 2G showsanti-hemagglutinin immunoglobulin G ELISA titers after a single dose ofan unadjuvanted linear epitope (PR8 hemaagglutinin (HA) subunit) tonaive mice and mice previously primed with an astrovirus repliconencoding a partial sequence of the hemagglutinin gene.

FIGS. 3A-D show effects of ORF 2 sequence length on predicted repliconsecondary RNA structure and on gene expression. FIG. 3A shows thepredicted secondary structure of a 400-nucleotide (nt) regionencompassing the 3′ end of ORF 1b and the 5′ end ORF 2 of wild-type (WT)HAstV. The triple-hairpin structure is depicted in light and mediumweight lines with the ORF 2 start codon boxed. FIG. 3B shows thepredicted secondary structure of a 167-nt region in the 5′-3′ HAstVreplicon containing the first 9 nt of ORF 2 depicting the apparent lossof the triple-hairpin structure. FIG. 3C shows the predicted secondarystructure of a 188-nt region that includes the first 30 nt of ORF 2(depicted in light weight lines on the lower right of the structure)with the apparent stabilization of the triple-hairpin structure. FIG. 3Dshows results of a luciferase assay in 293T cells for three of thereplicons from FIG. 1B with the first 9 nt of ORF 2 and three repliconsincluding the first 30 nt of ORF 2: with unmodified flanking sequences(5′-30 nt-3′); modified 5′ flanking sequence (Δ5′-30 nt-3′); andunmodified flanking sequences with addition of a Thosea asigna virus 2A(T2A) ribosomal skipping sequence (5′-30 nt-T2A-3′).

FIGS. 4A-C show the results of coupled transcription and translationassays to detect subgenome transcription and translation in alphavirusand astrovirus replicons. FIG. 4A shows subgenome transcription inCaCo-2 cells infected with wild-type HAstV. FIG. 4B shows quantitativereverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and luciferaseassay results following transfection of 293T cells with the 5′-30nt-T2A-3′ replicon encoding nLUC as well as uncapped controls. FIG. 4Cshows qRT-PCR and luciferase assay results following transfection of293T cells with an alphavirus replicon encoding nLUC as well as uncappedcontrols.

FIG. 5 shows a comparison of gene expression in two types of cellsbetween 5′-30 nt-T2A-3′ replicons in which the hypervariable region(HVR) of ORF 1a is of the native genotype as (HVR-VII) or a divergentgenotype (HVR-IV).

FIGS. 6A-B show the results of a bicistronic reporter assay used toinvestigate ORF 2 translational control mechanisms, particulartranslational termination-reinitiation. FIG. 6A shows a summary ofselected mutations of ORF 1b. FIG. 6B shows the results of a dualluciferase assay of BHK cell lysates 24 hours after transfection with100 ng of each plasmid described in FIG. 6A.

FIGS. 7A-B show the dependence of downstream ORF expression on theupstream ORF sequence.

FIG. 7A shows a depiction of plasmid constructs with deletions in ORF1b. FIG. 7B shows the results of a dual luciferase assay in BHK cells 24hours after transfection with 100 ng of each plasmid.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As used herein, “replicon nucleic acid” or “replicon” refers to aribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule, or a region of RNA, that replicatesfrom a single origin of replication. The term “recombinant repliconnucleic acid” refers to a replicon nucleic acid that has been alteredthrough human intervention. As non-limiting examples, a recombinantnucleic acid molecule: 1) has been synthesized or modified in vitro, forexample, using chemical or enzymatic techniques (for example, by use ofchemical nucleic acid synthesis, or by use of enzymes for thereplication, polymerization, exonucleolytic digestion, endonucleolyticdigestion, ligation, reverse transcription, transcription, basemodification (including, e.g., methylation), or recombination (includinghomologous and site-specific recombination)) of nucleic acid molecules;2) includes conjoined nucleotide sequences that are not conjoined innature, 3) has been engineered using molecular cloning techniques suchthat it lacks one or more nucleotides with respect to the naturallyoccurring nucleic acid molecule sequence, and/or 4) has been manipulatedusing molecular cloning techniques such that it has one or more sequencechanges or rearrangements with respect to the naturally occurringnucleic acid sequence.

The term “nucleic acid sequence” refers to the sequence of a nucleicacid molecule. The nomenclature for nucleotide bases as set forth in 37C.F.R. § 1.822 is used herein. Nucleic acid molecules can be any length,including but not limited to, between 3 Kb and 50 Kb, for examplebetween 3 Kb and 40 Kb, between 3 Kb and 40 Kb, between 3 Kb and 30 Kb,between 3 Kb and 20 Kb, between 5 Kb and 40 Kb, between 5 Kb and 40 Kb,between 5 Kb and 30 Kb, between 5 Kb and 20 Kb, or between 10 Kb and 50Kb, for example between 15 Kb to 30 Kb, between 20 Kb and 50 Kb, between20 Kb and 40 Kb, 5 Kb and 25 Kb, or 30 Kb and 50 Kb. The nucleic acidmolecules can also be, for example, more than 50 kb.

The term “open reading frame” (ORF) means a nucleic acid sequenceconsisting of a continuous stretch of codons that begins with a startcodon (typically AUG) and ends at a stop codon (typically UAA, UAG orUGA). More than one open reading frame may be present in a singlenucleic acid molecule, and one open reading frame may overlap anotheropen reading frame on the same molecule. For example, the nucleic acidsequence of one open reading frame may include the start codon foranother open reading frame.

The term “an astrovirus 5′ untranslated region (5′ UTR)” means afragment of the astrovirus genome comprising the nucleic acid sequencelocated upstream of the initiating AUG of the open reading frame ORF 1a.

“An astrovirus 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR)” means a fragment of theastrovirus genome comprising the nucleic acid sequence locateddownstream of the termination codon of the open reading frame ORF 2.

A “subgenomic promoter” is a promoter that directs transcription of asubgenomic messenger RNA as part of the replication process. Such apromoter can have a wild type sequence or a sequence that has beenmodified from wild type sequence but retains promoter activity.

The term “a conserved sequence element (CSE)” describes an RNA elementthat has a similar position, sequence, and secondary structure in thegenomes of all of the known human astroviruses.

An “isolated cell” as used herein is a cell or population of cells thathave been removed from the environment in which the cell occursnaturally and/or altered or modified from the state in which the celloccurs in its natural environment. An isolated cell can be a cell, forexample, in a cell culture. An isolated cell can also be a cell that canbe in an animal and/or introduced into an animal and wherein the cellhas been altered or modified, e.g., by the introduction into the cell ofan alphavirus particle.

A “subject” includes, but is not limited to, warm-blooded animals, e.g.,humans, non-human primates, horses, cows, cats, dogs, pigs, rats, andmice.

Some embodiments provide a composition (e.g., a pharmaceuticalcomposition) comprising a replicon encapsulated in a supramolecularstructure to form a nanoparticle, where a plurality of suchnanoparticles are dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Inparticular embodiments, the nanoparticle comprises a repliconencapsulated in a lipid-based nanoparticle. In a specific aspect, thenanoparticle comprises a replicon encapsulated in a nanostructured lipidcarrier (NLC). An example of one suitable NLC is described in Erasmus etal., Molecular Therapeutics 26(10):2507-2522 (2018).

By “pharmaceutically acceptable” is meant a material that is notbiologically or otherwise undesirable, i.e., the material may beadministered to a subject along with the selected nanoparticles, withoutcausing substantial deleterious biological effects or interacting in adeleterious manner with any of the other components of the compositionin which it is contained. The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier issuitable for administration or delivery to humans and other subjects.The carrier would naturally be selected to minimize any degradation ofthe active ingredient and to minimize any adverse side effects in thesubject, as would be well known to one of skill in the art (see, e.g.,Remington's Pharmaceutical Science; latest edition). Pharmaceuticalformulations, such as vaccines or other immunogenic compositions cancomprise an immunogenic amount of the astrovirus replicons disclosed, incombination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Exemplarypharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, but are not limited to,sterile pyrogen-free water and sterile pyrogen-free physiological salinesolution.

Administration of the various compositions (e.g., nucleic acids,nanoparticles, pharmaceutical compositions) can be accomplished by anyof several different routes. The compositions can be administeredintramuscularly, subcutaneously, intraperitoneally, intradermally,intranasally, intracranially, sublingually, intravaginally,intrarectally, orally, or topically. The compositions can also beadministered via a skin scarification method, or transdermally via apatch or liquid. The compositions can also be delivered subdermally inthe form of a biodegradable material that releases the compositions overa period of time. The compositions can also be delivered intramuscularlyvia injection.

The nucleic acids, nanoparticles, and pharmaceutical compositions can beemployed in methods of delivering a secreted protein of interest to acell, which can be a cell in a subject. Thus, some embodiments provide amethod of introducing into a cell an effective amount of a nucleic acid,nanoparticle and/or composition of the embodiments. Also provided is amethod of delivering to the subject an effective amount of a nucleicacid, nanoparticle and/or composition of the embodiments. Such methodscan be employed to impart a therapeutic effect on a cell and/or asubject, according to well-known protocols for gene therapy.

Astrovirus replicons provide an attractive alternative by combiningtheir smaller genome size with those features provided by alphavirusreplicons: a subgenomic RNA replication strategy and delayed yet robustinduction of IFN. Astrovirus replicon machinery is encoded by a ˜4 kbRNA while those of alphavirus or flavivirus origin are encoded by an ˜8kb RNA. This reduces the effective dose in terms of copy-number byroughly 2-fold.

As used herein, “effective amount” refers to an amount of a compositionor formulation that is sufficient to produce a desired effect, which canbe a therapeutic effect. The effective amount will vary with the age,general condition of the subject, the severity of the condition beingtreated, the particular agent administered, the duration of thetreatment, the nature of any concurrent treatment, the pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier used, and like factors within the knowledge andexpertise of those skilled in the art. As appropriate, an “effectiveamount” in any individual case can be determined by one of ordinaryskill in the art by reference to the pertinent texts and literatureand/or by using routine experimentation. (See, for example, Remington,The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (20th ed. 2000)).

The replicon RNA compositions described herein are administered in amanner compatible with the dosage formulation, and in such amount aswill be prophylactically and/or therapeutically effective. The quantityto be administered, which can generally be in the range of 10⁴ to 10¹⁰units in a dose (e.g., 10⁴, 10⁵, 10⁶, 10⁷, 10⁸, 10⁹, or 10¹⁰), dependson the subject to be treated, the route by which the particles areadministered or delivered, the immunogenicity of the expression product,the types of effector immune responses desired, and the degree ofprotection desired. Effective amounts of the active ingredient requiredto be administered or delivered may depend on the judgment of thephysician, veterinarian or other health practitioner and may be specificfor a given subject, but such a determination is within the skill ofsuch a practitioner.

The compositions and formulations disclosed may be given in a singledose or a multiple dose schedule. A multiple dose schedule is one inwhich a primary course of administration may include 1 to 10 or moreseparate doses, followed by other doses administered at subsequent timeintervals as required to maintain and or reinforce the desired effect(e.g., a therapeutic response).

“Therapeutic amount” refers to an amount sufficient to impart amodulating effect (e.g., a therapeutic response), which, for example,can be a beneficial effect to a subject afflicted with a disorder,disease or illness, including improvement in the condition of thesubject (e.g., in one or more symptoms), delay or reduction in theprogression of the condition, delay of the onset of the disorder,disease or illness, and/or change in any of the clinical parameters of adisorder, disease or illness, etc., as would be well known in the art.Another example of therapeutic response contemplated in this disclosureis an increased resistance to a pathogenic disease through stimulationof the subject's immune system.

As used herein, “a,” “an” and “the” can mean one or more than one,depending on the context in which it is used. For example, “a” cell canmean one cell or multiple cells. Also, as used herein, “and/or” refersto and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more ofthe associated listed items, as well as the lack of combinations wheninterpreted in the alternative (“or”).

It is understood that the foregoing detailed description is given merelyby way of illustration and that modifications and variations may be madetherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are provided to illustrate certain disclosedembodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of thisdisclosure in any way.

Example 1—Materials and Methods Preparation of Replicon RNA

Various astrovirus replicon sequences were synthesized and cloned intoplasmids downstream of a T7 promoter and upstream of a hepatitis deltavirus ribozyme sequence, T7 terminator, and NotI restriction site. Toprepare RNA for downstream studies, purified plasmids were linearized byrestriction digest with NotI enzyme followed by purification byphenol-chloroform and ethanol precipitation. Linearized template wasthen used for transcription of RNA using T7 polymerase and purified byLiCl precipitation and ethanol wash. RNA transcripts were then cappedusing Vaccinia virus capping enzyme and purified by LiCl precipitationand ethanol wash.

Example 2—Protein Expression from Replicons Having SelectedModifications

Wild-type (WT) Human astrovirus (HAstV) replication machinery consistsof a 5′ and 3′ untranslated region (UTR) as well as nonstructuralproteins, nsP1a and nsP1b, respectively encoded by two overlapping openreading frames, ORF1a and ORF1b, processed by a ribosomal frame-shiftmechanism. The 3′ end of ORF 1b contains a proposed subgenomic promoterthat is hypothesized to initiate the transcription of a subgenomic RNA,mediated by the proteins translated from ORFs 1a and 1b. The structuralproteins, encoded by ORF 2, are thought to be translated from thissubgenomic RNA whose initiation codon overlaps with the 3′ end of ORF1b. Additionally, a highly conserved stem loop sequence is presentbeginning at the 3′ end of ORF 2 and ending in the 3′ UTR. See FIG. 1A.

Four replicons containing a combination of these conserved sequenceelements to test whether they were important for ORF 2 expression weredeveloped. The 5′-3′ replicon contained intact 5′ and 3′ conservedsequence elements. Other replicons contained a synonymous mutation inORF1b that silenced the initiating methionine of ORF 2 (Δ5′), a deletionof the conserved 3′ ORF 2 sequence (Δ3′), or both (Δ5′-Δ3′). ORF 2included a sequence encoding NanoLuc® luciferase (nLUC). See FIG. 1B.

To test the effect of the sequence elements on ORF 2 expression, 293Tcells were transfected with 100 ng of each replicon along withalphavirus replicons encoding nLUC or Zika virus (ZIKV) antigens aspositive and negative controls, respectively, and nLUC expression wasmeasured 24 hours later. The results of this test are shown in FIG. 1C.While intact 5′ and 3′ sequences enhanced nLUC expression 5-fold overthe Δ5′-Δ3′ counterpart and about 25-fold over background, expressionlevels were ˜17,000-fold below that of the alphavirus positive control,suggesting that additional nucleic acid sequence are likely important inenhancing ORF 2 expression.

Example 3—CD4+ T-cell Induction by Recombinant Astrovirus Replicons

Next the ability of the 5′-3′ HAstV replicon to induce T-cell responsesto a Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen, ID-93, or to Zika virus NS3antigen was assessed. To prepare these constructs, sequences encodingID-93 or Zika virus NS3 proteins were synthesized and cloned into the5′-3′ HAstV replicon (FIG. 2E) between AvrII and PvuI restriction sitesand also into an alphavirus replicon derived from TC-83 strain ofVenezuelan equine encephalitis virus (FIG. 2A) between PfIMI and SacIIrestriction sites using Gibson assembly. Capped RNAs were then preparedas described in Example 1 above and transfected into BHK cells toconfirm antigen expression by western blot (data not shown). Followingconfirmation of antigen expression, replicons were formulated innanostructured lipid carriers and 1 μg of each replicon was administeredvia a single intramuscular injection into C57BL/6 mice. For the ID-93replicons, additional controls of protein subunit alone as well asadjuvanted (GLA-SE) protein subunit were included to compare T-cellresponses between replicons and a more traditional vaccine preparation,the latter of which has been previously shown to induce potentantigen-specific CD4⁺ T-cell responses in mice. Fourteen days after asingle injection, spleens were harvested and stimulated with MHC-IIrestricted peptides derived from either Zika virus NS3 or MycobacteriumID-93 antigens and stained for analysis by flow cytometry (FIG. 2F).

The results, shown in FIG. 2, demonstrated that while non-viral deliveryof alphavirus-derived replicons encoding bacterial or viral antigensdrive potent CD8+ and antibody responses to the encoded antigensfollowing a single intramuscular injection (FIG. 2 B-D),astrovirus-derived replicons encoding the same antigens drivesignificantly higher antigen-specific CD4+ T-cell responses (FIG. 2F).

To test whether these CD4+ T-cell responses to linear epitopes couldenhance antibody responses to whole protein subunits, C57Bl/6 mice wereprimed with a single dose of an astrovirus replicon encoding a 15 aminoacid (aa) sequence of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene conserved amongstseasonal influenza virus subtypes and previously shown to be reactive inC57Bl/6 mice. Twenty-one days later a single dose of unadjuvantedrecombinant PR8 HA subunit protein was administered to astrovirusRNA-primed as well as naïve mice and compared anti-HA IgG ELISA titers.Mice primed with the astrovirus RNA encoding the conserved 15 aasequence mounted significantly higher (5.5-fold) anti-HA ELISA titers(mean=1:2200) compared to mice receiving protein alone (mean=1:400)(FIG. 2G).

Example 4—Effect of ORF 2 Sequence Composition on Expression andTranslation A. ORF 2 Sequence Length

Predicted secondary RNA structures were assessed for a 400-bp region inWT HAstV that included the proposed subgenomic RNA promoter and comparedthat with the predicted structure for the 5′-3′ nLUC replicon ofExamples 2 and 3, which contains the first 9 nucleotides (nt) of ORF 2.In the WT sequence (shown in FIG. 3A), a triple-hairpin structure isclearly observed (represented as a structure rendered with light andmedium weight lines), with the start codon for ORF 2 boxed. In thepredicted secondary structure for the 5′-3′ replicon with the first 9 ntof ORF 2 (shown in FIG. 3B), two hairpin structures are not present withonly the hairpin (depicted in light weight lines), conserved between WTand replicon sequences. By including an additional 21 nt from ORF 2,depicted in light weight lines on the lower right of the diagram, thetriple-hairpin structure appears to become stabilized in the prediction(FIG. 3C).

To assess the role of these 30 nt in HAstV replication, additional HAstVreplicons were constructed containing the 30-nt sequence with or withoutthe synonymous mutation in ORF 1b (5′-30 nt-3′ or Δ5′-30 nt-3′replicons, respectively). For the 5′-30 nt-3′ replicon which encodes theN-terminal 10 amino acids of ORF 2, a Thosea asigna virus 2A (T2A)ribosomal skipping sequence was inserted before the nLUC gene to makethe 5′-30 nt-T2A-3′ replicon.

Following in vitro transcription and capping of RNA, 293T cells weretransfected with each construct at the same dose, including twoVenezuelan equine encephalitis virus replicons, one including a gene fornLUC (VEE-nLUC) and the other including a gene for ZIKV antigen(VEE-ZIKV) as positive and negative controls, respectively. At 24 hoursafter transfection, a luciferase assay was performed to quantifyheterologous gene expression. The results, shown in FIG. 3D, support theconclusion that the 30 nt enhance heterologous gene expression and thatthe ORF 2 start codon is involved in efficient translation initiation,with luciferase activity detected at over 16,000-fold above backgroundlevels, approaching within 30-fold of the alphavirus replicating viralRNA.

B. Role of Identified ORF 2 Sequence on Translation

Having demonstrated the importance of the first 30 nt in ORF 2expression, next the role of this sequence element in subgenometranscription was determined.

A quantitative reverse-transcription (qRT) PCR assay was designed toquantify genome and subgenome copies that accumulate during astrovirusreplication and validated the assay in the context of WT astrovirusreplication. CaCo-2 cells were infected with WT astrovirus at amultiplicity of infection of 0.1 and harvested cell lysates at 0, 4, 8,12, and 24 hours post-infection. RNA was then extracted and run in theqRT-PCR assay along with T7-transcribed RNA from the infectious clone ofthe same virus to be used as a standard curve. Subgenome transcriptioncould be detected at a 5-fold excess compared to genome transcriptionbeginning at 8 hours after infection (FIG. 4A), re-capitulatingpreviously published northern blot data and confirming that this assaycan indeed detect subgenome transcription.

Next, this assay was applied in the context of replicons which do notencode the structural genes and cannot spread between cells and wouldalso allow for simple quantification of ORF 2 expression coupled withtranscription. As a positive control, a similar qRT-PCR assay to detectgenome and subgenome of an alphavirus replicon was designed. While thealphavirus replicon demonstrated excess subgenome transcriptionbeginning at 8 hours after transfection, coinciding with nLUC expression(FIG. 4B), the astrovirus replicon (5′-30 nt-T2A-3′) demonstrated noevidence of subgenome transcription in excess of genome, andinterestingly, nLUC expression could be detected as early as 30 minafter transfection (FIG. 4B).

These results suggest that: 1) the tested sequence elements areinsufficient for mediating subgenomic RNA transcription, and 2) HAstVutilizes an alternative mechanism of ORF 2 expression that allows forearly translation of ORF 2 independently of subgenomic RNAtranscription. Similar observations have been made for caliciviruseswhich also utilize a subgenomic message to translate their structuralgenes. Early expression of structural genes independent of subgenometranscription in bovine norovirus have been described. This may alsosuggest an important role for structural gene expression in RNAreplication.

Example 5—Effects of ORF 1a Chimerism on ORF 2 Gene Expression

A region of ORF 1a, termed the hypervariable region (HVR), that isassociated with differences in genome and subgenome transcription wasexamined. An HVR derived from genotype IV HAstVs is associated withhigher titers of virus in clinical samples as well as differences insubgenome to genome ratios.

Using the 5′-30 nt-T2A-3′ replicon described above as the backbone(genotype VII HVR), the HVR was replaced with that of a genotype IVHAstV and transfected CaCo2 as well as BHK cells. As shown in FIG. 5,while no difference in ORF 2 expression was detected in BHK cells, asmall yet significant difference was detected on CaCo-2 cells,supporting the previously published data observed for wt virus on CaCo-2cells. The disparity in results between cell lines suggests a role forthe HVR in host-range. Interestingly, the HVR chimera demonstrated lowertoxicity in E. coli resulting in higher plasmid yields which may proveuseful in downstream applications of astrovirus replicons.

Example 6—Mechanisms of Subgenome Transcription-Independent ORF 2Translation

Given the evolutionary relationship between caliciviruses andastroviruses, it was next tested whether astroviruses utilizetranslation termination reinitiation (TTR) between ORF 1b and ORF 2 in asimilar manner to caliciviruses, allowing for subgenometranscription-independent translation of ORF 2 early in the replicationcycle. To test this hypothesis, a bicistronic reporter was generatedencoding Renilla and Firefly luciferases in the first and second ORFsrespectively, separated by an 808 bp region of ORF 1b and ORF 2 ofHAstV-1 (FIG. 6A). Then a series of mutations were made to test theimportance of the ORF 1b stop codon as well as the ORF 2 start codonsbecause TTR in caliciviruses has been shown to be dependent on thelocation of the upstream ORF stop codon but not on the downstream ORFstart codon. As a negative control, a stop codon was inserted at the endof ORF 1b immediately prior to the ORF 2 initiating codon (3′ STOP).Following transfection of BHK cells with 100 ng of each plasmid, a dualluciferase assay was performed to first measure Firefly activity,followed by quenching and detection of Renilla activity (FIG. 6B).Downstream ORF (Firefly) expression, relative to upstream ORF (Renilla)expression, was then normalized to the negative control (3′ STOP).

WT ORF1b/ORF 2 sequence resulted in a 12-fold increase in downstream ORFexpression relative to the 3′ STOP negative control. While the type ofthe ORF 1b stop codon does not appear to be important for downstream ORFexpression, changing the location by replacing the stop codon with TGGcoding for tryptophan, resulting in an extension of the ORF 1b readingframe an additional 34 codons before terminating, appears to abolishdownstream ORF expression. Finally, replacing the start codon of ORF 2with ACG appears to not affect downstream ORF 2 expression. Thesefindings are consistent with TTR in caliciviruses.

The mechanism of TTR in caliciviruses has been shown to depend oncomplementary sequence in host 18s ribosomal RNA binding an upstreamsequence, termed a translational upstream ribosome binding site (TURBS),in the calicivirus genome, allowing for disengaged ribosomes toreinitiate translation of the downstream ORF. To identify the potentiallocation of such a sequence in astrovirus ORF1b, next a series ofdeletion mutants in the bicistronic reporter system (FIG. 7A) weregenerated. Additionally, mutations were also generated within aTURBS-like sequence located within the del3 mutant to see whether thatsequence was important for downstream ORF expression. The resultssuggest that while the TURBS-like sequence did not seem to significantlyaffect downstream ORF expression, the 200 bp sequence located within thedel3 mutant is required (FIG. 7B). Interestingly, this 200 bp sequenceis predicted to form the triple hairpin structure depicted in FIG. 3C.

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SEQUENCE TABLE

The following sequence table provides a listing of sequences disclosedherein. It is understood that if a DNA sequence (comprising Ts) isreferenced with respect to an RNA, then Ts should be replaced with Us(which may be modified or unmodified depending on the context), and viceversa.

Description Sequence SEQ ID NO: Transcript of 5′-CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 1 Δ3′ HAstV-nLUCGATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGATGGCTAGCCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGCTCATA Transcript of Δ5′-CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 2 Δ3′ HAstV-nLUCGATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGACGGCTAGCCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGCTCATA Transcript of 5′-3′CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 3 HAstV-nLUCGATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGATGGCTAGCCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGC TCATA Transcript of Δ5′-CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 4 3′ HAstV-nLUCGATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGACGGCTAGCCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGC TCATA Transcript of 5′-CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 5 10AA-3′ HAstV-nLUCGATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGATGGCTAGCAAGTCCAACAAGCAAGTAACTCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCT GAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGCTCATATranscript of Δ5′- CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 610AA-3′ HAstV-nLUC GATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATATGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGACGGCTAGCAAGTCCAACAAGCAAGTAACTCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCT GAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGCTCATATranscript of Δ5′- CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 710AA-T2A-3′ GATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATA HAstV-nLUCTGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAGCTATGGTGCATGGCAACACTCTTTCATATGCAGTTCGCACCCAGGACGGGATGTCGGGTGCACCAGTCTGTGACAAATATGGTCGGGTGTTAGCAGTCCATCAAACAAACACTGGGTACACTGGAGGTGCTGTCATAATAGACCCAGCAGACTTCCATCCAGTGAAAGCCCCATCTCAGGTGGAATTGCTCAAAGAGGAAATAGAGCGGCTAAAAGCTCAACTGAACTCTGCCACTGAGAACGCAACGACTGTAGTTACACAACAACCTAGTGCTGCACTAGAACAGAAAAGTGTCAGCGATAGTGATGTAGTTGACCTTGTCAGAACTGCAATGGAACGTGAGATGAAGGTGCTGCGTGATGAAATCAATGGAATACTTGCACCATTCCTACAAAAAAAGAAAGGTAAGACCAAGCATGGTAGGGGTAGAGTCAGGCGTAACCTTAGAAAAGGTGTGAAACTTCTTACCGAGGAAGAGTATCGAGAACTCTTAGAGAAAGGTCTTGATCGTGAGACATTCCTTGATCTCATAGACCGCATTATTGGTGAGAGGTCTGGCTACCCTGACTATGATGATGAAGATTACTATGATGAAGATGATGATGGCTGGGGAATGGTTGGTGATGATGTAGAATTTGATTATACTGAAGTAATTAACTTTGACCAAGCAAAACCAATTCCTGCCCCGAGAACAACCAAGCAAAAAATTTGCCCCGAACCAGAAGTCGAATCACAACCACTTGATTTGTCCCAAAAGAAAGAAAAACAATCAGAATATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGTCTACCAAGCCTCAACAATTAGAACATGAACAACAAGTGGTGAAGCCTATCAAGCCTCAGAAGAGTGAGCCTCAACCATACTCACAAACTTACGGCAAGGCACCAATCTGGGAATCTTACGATTTTGACTGGGATGAGGATGATGCCAAGTTTATTCTGCCAGCGCCACACCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGATGGCTAGCAAGTCCAACAAGCAAGTAACTgaaggccggggcagtctgctgacgtgcggcgacgtagaagaaaatcctggtcccCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACTATATGCGCTCATA Transcript of Δ5′-CCAAGAGGGGGGTGGTGATTGGCCTTTGGCTTATCAGTGTATA 8 HVR-IV-10AA-GATAACATTTCTCTGACCGTTTACCACACAATTAACAACAATA T2A-3′ HAstV-nLUCTGGCATACGGTGAGCCATACTATAGCTCTAAACCTGACAAAGATTTCAATTTTGGAAGCACAATGGCACGTAGGCAGATGACACCTACTATGGTAACAAAGCTTCCCAAATTTGTTAGGAATTCTCCACAAGCTTATGATTGGATCGTAAGAGGTCTGATCTTTCCCACCATTGGTAAAACTTATTTCCAACGAGTTGTTGTGATTACTGGTGGGCTTGAGGATGGAACATATGGCTCATTCGCATTTGACGGTAAAGAGTGGGTAGGGATCTACCCAATAGAGCACTTAAATCTCATGTCATCTTTGAAACTGATACACAAAGCCAACGCTCTTCAGGAGAGACTGCGTCTCTCCCAAGAAGAGAAAGCCACCCTCGCTCTGGATGTGCAATTCCTTCAACATGAAAACGTGCGATTGAAGGAGATGATCCCAAAGCCAGAGCCACGGAAAATACAGATGAAGTGGATAATAATGGGAGCAGTGCTTACATTCTTATCTCTGATACCTGGGGGTTATGCGCACAGCCAGACCAACAACACCATATTTACTGACATGATAGCTGCCTGCAAGTACTCAACTGAGACACTAACAGAAAATCTTGACCTTAGAATCAAGCTTGCACTAGCAAACATAACCATTAGTGATAAGCTAGATGCTGTGAGGCAAATTCTTAACTTTGCCTTTGTGCCCAGAGCCCATTGGTTGAGAACTGTGTTCTATTATATCCATTACTATGAAATGTGGAATATTTTTATGTTTGTTCTTGCTATTGGCACTGTCATGAGGAGCGCCCGCCCTGGTACAGACTTGGTTACACTTGCAACATCCCACTTGTCTGGTTTTAGGATGGCTGTCCTACCCACAATTCCATTTCACACCACTATGACTTTGTGGGTTATGAACACACTTATGGTTTGTTATTATTTTGACAACTTGCTAGCAATAACATTGGCAATCTTAGCACCAATTCTTGGCATTATCTTCTTGTGCTTCATGGAAGACTCCAACTATGTGAGCCAGATACGTGGCCTTATTGCTACAGCAGTATTAATTGCTGGTGGGCATGCATGTTTGACACTCACAGGCACGACCACGTCATTGTTTGTTGTCATACTAACCTGTAGGTTCATACGTATGGCAACTGTTTTCATTGGCACCAGGTTCGAGATCCGTGACGCTAATGGAAAGGTTGTGGCCACTGTACCAACTAGGATTAAAAATGTTGCATTTGACTTTTTTCAGAAGCTGAAGCAGTCAGGGGTGCGAGTTGGAGTCAACGAATTCGTTGTCATAAAACCAGGTGCATTATGTGTTATAGACACCCCTGAAGGAAAAGGGACAGGTTTCTTTTCTGGCAATGACATAGTAACAGCAGCACATGTTGTTGGCAATAATACTTTTGTGAATGTGTGCTATGAGGGTTTGATGTATGAAGCGAAGGTGCGGTACATGCCCGAAAAGGATATAGCATTCTTAACTTGTCCTGGTGACCTGCATCCAACAGCAAGATTAAAATTATCAAAGAACCCAGATTATAGTTGTGTCACAGTTATGGCTTATGTGAATGAGGATCTTGTGGTTTCAACCGCAGCAgccatggtacatggcaacactctctcatatgcagttcgcactcaagacggaatgtcaggtgcaccagtttgtgacaaatatggtcgagtgttagcagtccatcagactaatactgggtacactggaggtgctgtcataatagacccagcagacttccatccagtgaaggccccatctcaggtggaattgctcaaagaggaaatagagcgattaaaagcccaattaaattccaccgctgagaatccagcgactgttgttacacaacaacctattgctacactagagcagaaaagtgtcagcgatagcgatgtgattgaccttgttagaactgcaatggaacgtgagatgaaggtgctgcgcgatgaaatcaatgggatacttgcaccgttcctacaaaaaaagaaaggtaagaccaagcatggtaggggtagagtcagacgaaaccttaggaaaggtgtgaaacttctcactgaggaagaatatcgagagctcttagagaaaggtctggatcgtgagacattcctagatctcatagaccgtattattggtgagaggtctggctaccctgactatgatgatgaggattattatgatgaagatgatgatggatggggtatggttggtgatgatgtagaatttgattataccgaagtaatcaattttgaccaagcaaaaccaactcctgccccgagaacaagtaagccacaacaagccaacacttctcaaaaaccccgccccgagctagaagctgaagcacaaccgcttgatttgtctcagaagaaagagaaacaaccagaacatgagcaacaagtggcgaagcctaccaagatgcagaagaatgaacctcaaccatattcacaaacttatggcaaggcaccaatctgggaatcctatgactttgattgggatgaggatgacgccaagttcattottccagcgcctcaCCGGTTGACTAAGGCAGATGAAATAGTCCTTGGATCCAAAATCGTCAAGCTTAGAACGATTATTGAAACAGCCATAAAGACTCAGAATTATAGTGCATTACCTGAAGCAGTATTTGAGCTCGACAAAGCAGCTTATGAAGCAGGTTTGGAAGGTTTTCTCCAAAGGGTTAAATCGAAAAACAAGGCCCCAAAAAACTACAAAGGGCCCCAGAAGACCAAGGGGCCCAAAACTACCACTCATTAGATGCATGGAAATTGTTGCTAGAGCCTCCGCGGGAGCGAAGGTGCGTGCCTGCGAATTTTCCACTATTAGGCCATTTACCAATTAATAGACCCATCTTTGATGATAAGAAACCCAGGGACGATCTCCTTGGCCTACTTCCAGAACCAACCTGGCATGCTTTCGAGGAATACGGACCAACCACATGGGGCCCACAAGCTTTTATCAAATCTTTTGATAAATTTTTTTATGCAGAACCAATTGACTTTTTCTCAGAATATCCACAGTTGTGTGCTTTCGCTGATTGGGCAACTTATCGCGAGTTTCGGTATCTAGAGGATACTAGAGTGATACACATAACTGCAACTGAGAAAAACACTGATTCAACACCTGCTTATCCTAAAATGAATTATTTTGACACTGAAGAAAATTACCTGGAAGCACATGGGTGGGCACCATATATTAGAGAATTCACTAGGGTCTACAAAGGAGACAAACCTGAAGTACTTTGGTACCTATTTCTTAAGAAAGAGATCATTAAGGAGGAAAAAATTAGGAATTCTGATATCCGGCAGATAGTGTGTGCCGACCCCATTTACACCAGGATAGGGGCGTGCTTAGAAGCGCATCAGAATGCCTTAATGAAACAGCATACCGACACCTCAGTTGGTCAATGTGGGTGGTCACCAATGGAAGGCGGCTTTAAAAAAACCATGCAGCGCCTGGTAAATAAAGGGAATAAACACTTCATTGAGTTCGACTGGACCCGCTATGATGGAACTATACCACCAGCACTCTTTAAACACATCAAAGAAATTAGGTGGAATTTCATCAATAAAGACCAACGTGAAAAGTACAGACATGTACATGAATGGTATGTTAACAACCTCCTTAATCGCCATGTACTTCTACCATCTGGTGAAGTCACCTTGCAGACGCGAGGTAATCCATCTGGTCAGTTTTCAACAACAATGGATAACAACATGGTTAACTTTTGGTTACAGGCTTTTGAGTTTGCTTATTTTAATGGACCAGACAGAGACCTTTGGAAGACCTATGACACTGTAGTTTATGGAGATGACAGGCTTTCTACAACACCTTCGGTGCCCGATGATTATGAGGAGAGAGTGATCACTATGTATAGAGACATCTTTGGCATGTGGGTTAAGCCTGGGAAGGTTATCTGTAGAGACAGCATAGTTGGATTGTCCTTTTGTGGCTTCACTGTTAATGAAAACCTTGAGCCTGTGCCAACTTCTCCTGAAAAGTTAATGGCATCACTGTTAAAACCTTACAAAATATTACCTGATCTTGAATCACTCCATGGGAAACTCCTATGCTATCAGTTGCTTGCTGCGTTCATGGCAGAGGACCACCCCTTTAAGGTGTATGTGGAGCACTGCCTCTCGCGGACTGCAAAGCAGCTTCGTGACTCTGGCCTTCCAGCCAGACTCACAGAAGAGCAACTCCATCGCATTTGGAGGGGAGGACCAAAGAAGTGTGATGGCTAGCAAGTCCAACAAGCAAGTAACTgaaggccggggcagtctgctgacgtgcggcgacgtagaagaaaatcctggtcccCCTAGGATGGTCTTCACACTCGAAGATTTCGTTGGGGACTGGCGACAGACAGCCGGCTACAACCTGGACCAAGTCCTTGAACAGGGAGGTGTGTCCAGTTTGTTTCAGAATCTCGGGGTGTCCGTAACTCCGATCCAAAGGATTGTCCTGAGCGGTGAAAATGGGCTGAAGATCGACATCCATGTCATCATCCCGTATGAAGGTCTGAGCGGCGACCAAATGGGCCAGATCGAAAAAATTTTTAAGGTGGTGTACCCTGTGGATGATCATCACTTTAAGGTGATCCTGCACTATGGCACACTGGTAATCGACGGGGTTACGCCGAACATGATCGACTATTTCGGACGGCCGTATGAAGGCATCGCCGTGTTCGACGGCAAAAAGATCACTGTAACAGGGACCCTGTGGAACGGCAACAAAATTATCGACGAGCGCCTGATCAACCCCGACGGCTCCCTGCTGTTCCGAGTAACCATCAACGGAGTGACCGGCTGGCGGCTGTGCGAACGCATTCTGGCGTAATAGACGCGTgcaaagcagcaggggaaatcaatccctgcacatctggaagccgcggccacgccgagtagGAACGAGGGTACAGCTTCCTTCTTTTCTGTCTCTGTTTAGATTATTTTAATCACCATTTAAAATTGATTTAATCAGAAGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGTCGGCATGGCATCTCCACCTCCTCGCGGTCCGACCTGGGCATCCGAAGGAGGACGCACGTCCACTCGGATGGCTAAGGGAGCCTGCATTCGCAGAAGCCACCCGCGCTGCTAACAAAGCCCGAAAGGAAGCTGAGTTGGCTGCTGCCACCGCTGAGCAATAACTAGCATAACCCCTTGGGGCCTCTAAACGGGTCTTGAGGGGTTTTTTGCTGAAAGGAGGAACT ATATGCGCTCATA

1. A recombinant replicon nucleic acid comprising: a. a first openreading frame comprising a subgenomic nucleic acid sequence encoding aprotein of interest that can be secreted by a cell; b. a second openreading frame comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a firstastrovirus nonstructural protein (nsP1a) and including a hypervariableregion; and c. a third open reading frame comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding a second astrovirus nonstructural protein (nsP1b) andincluding a subgenomic promoter that is situated so as to initiatetranscription of the subgenomic nucleic acid sequence.
 2. Therecombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the first openreading frame further comprises a subset of a nucleic acid sequenceencoding an astrovirus structural protein (VP90).
 3. The recombinantreplicon nucleic acid of claim 2, wherein the subset consists of between5 and 50 nucleotides.
 4. The recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim3, wherein the subset consists of 30 nucleotides.
 5. The recombinantreplicon nucleic acid of claim 1, having the following structure:c.→b.→a.
 6. The recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1, furthercomprising an astrovirus conserved sequence element beginning within thefirst open reading frame and extending beyond the 3′ end of the firstopen reading frame.
 7. The recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1having a first astrovirus genotype, wherein the hypervariable region hasa second astrovirus genotype that is different from the first astrovirusgenotype.
 8. The recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 7, whereinthe first astrovirus genotype is HAstV VII and the second astrovirusgenotype is HAstV IV.
 9. The recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim1, wherein the third open reading frame includes a translationalupstream ribosome binding site.
 10. The recombinant replicon nucleicacid of claim 1, having a 7-methylguanylate cap at its 5′ end.
 11. Therecombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the first openreading frame further comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding apeptide with ribosomal skipping properties.
 12. The recombinant repliconnucleic acid of claim 11, wherein the peptide with ribosomal skippingproperties is a 2A peptide from Thosea asigna virus capsid protein(T2A).
 13. A nanoparticle comprising the recombinant replicon nucleicacid of claim
 1. 14. The nanoparticle of claim 13, consistingessentially of a nanostructured lipid carrier containing the recombinantreplicon nucleic acid.
 15. A formulation comprising a plurality of thenanoparticle of claim 13 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 16. Acomposition comprising the recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1,in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 17. An isolated cellcomprising the recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim
 1. 18. Amethod of treating a subject to confer an immunity on the subject,comprising administering the composition of claim 16 to the subject andthereby eliciting an immune response in the subject.
 19. The method ofclaim 18, wherein the immune response includes CD4+ T cell activation.20. A method of secreting a protein of interest from a cell, comprisingintroducing the recombinant replicon nucleic acid of claim 1 into thecell under conditions whereby the protein of interest is secreted,wherein the cell is in a cell culture thereby secreting the protein fromthe cell.
 21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step ofharvesting the protein of interest from the cell culture.
 22. Acomposition comprising the protein of interest produced from the methodof claim
 20. 23. A method of delivering a therapeutic protein ofinterest to a subject, comprising administering the composition of claim22 to the subject.
 24. A method of delivering a therapeutic amount of aprotein of interest to a subject, comprising administering an effectiveamount of the isolated cell of claim 17 to a subject, wherein theprotein of interest is a therapeutic protein and the cells secrete andthereby deliver a therapeutic amount of the protein of interest to thesubject.